Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
8 p, U" I6 p4 x* K  W; M'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
3 l. p9 [7 |) J# f. A- b' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
4 V9 N! Z  S: @' k9 K'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
; _5 F+ n( e# h'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
* r7 r& S( l5 Y( e& t' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
$ \$ Z6 z( v. Z  G4 O'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
9 P" C; E9 i/ s/ m2 w' ?( b'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
, f6 e) e# h, e- t; t% c. {'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
. d; ~! I3 T# _# y" Y) q& R) l'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
5 |; r3 E& N/ S2 v$ n  c'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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